Ferrari appoint Maurizio Arrivabene as new Team Principal

[Kingdom Hearts]

What a mess, thank god Vettel will fix everything.

[eddie]

But he didn't completely rule out a return to f1.

He didn't, but he wont come back. I know people who know Ross pretty well

Unless, its coming back to take over from Bernie.

Ross has been and is one of the most successful characters in F1. He had his own team and they won a WCC quicker than any other.

He has played the game to its optimal.

He will continue fishing for now

[eddie]

Cancer man to lead Ferrari. If there is bad PR, this is it.. Way to go FIAT idiots!

1 word sponsorship. Back up plan if Santander leaves.....

[Alessandra]

Staggering! What on earth's going on?

[Greig]

Cancer man to lead Ferrari. If there is bad PR, this is it.. Way to go FIAT idiots!

Over reaction much?

[diesel08]

What a mess, thank god Vettel will fix everything.

[Winter]

Over reaction much?

Somebody is definitely over reacting. For many season there was no reacting at all and now people flying out from left and right.

[Tony]

Wow, I liked Mattiacci, what on earth is going on.... I think a man like him will not have difficulty finding a job at another automobile manufacturer.... Marchionne seems ruthless however...

[Katu]

What a mess, thank god Vettel will fix everything.

exactly

[Nova]

From crash.net
The European brand manager for Philip Morris, Arrivabene is a man with a wealth of paddock experience and an F1 contacts book to rival Bernie's. He also has a reputation for making Ecclestone and Jean Todt look like -cats, a results-driven hardline manager up to the task of returning the Scuderia to their winning ways.

The cherry on the cake? Arrivabene is well-respected in Turin, and has an excellent working relationship with the Agnelli family, two things that will afford him a certain level of protection from the meddling from above which has proved so toxic to Maranello in recent years.

[LivingHitokiri]

Bad move in my opinion,what was wrong with MM ?

[Kiwi Nick]

Wow, I liked Mattiacci, what on earth is going on.... I think a man like him will not have difficulty finding a job at another automobile manufacturer.... Marchionne seems ruthless however...

I'm not certain that Sergio Marchione understands that the members of a F1 team are highly skilled individuals and that there must be a synergy from top to bottom. This is a team and not a Chrysler factory in Michigan.

[Kiwi Nick]

http://www.autoedizione.nl/wp-conten...ene.jpg?068533

BE, SM, MA

[eddie]

http://www.autoedizione.nl/wp-conten...ene.jpg?068533http://www.autoedizione.nl/wp-conten...ene.jpg?068533

BE, MM, MA

Inner circles SM... not MM

Lets hope and see, after so many recent moves. I am a little numb, lost for words....

[Kiwi Nick]

He certainly hangs with the right crowd. Can you name all of the people in the front row?

[Kiwi Nick]

Inner circles SM... not MM

Lets hope and see, after so many recent moves. I am a little numb, lost for words....

Oops! fat fingers...thanks for the catch.

[ferrari4life]

and i thought that we had hit rock bottom already. guess this will keep falling.

[Alonsomaniac]

Don't know what to think, but afraid for chaos..........I hope it will all turn out fine, but it's all looking very messy.
Mattiacci out can't have anything to do with Fernando leaving, because the moment Mattiacci came, Fernando had pretty much made up his mind already.
Unless Ferrari wanted Mattiacci to turn Fernando's decision around and Mattiacci failed in doing that.

[Paulpg87]

tombazis will be next. almost sure for italian tv. Should be fired tomorrow.
Marchionne saw the data and the project of the new car and this are the results..

[eddie]

If you really look into the lines of the statement that LdM gave, it held more than a few words in between.

LdM mentioned new era. A lot of people who knows LdM personally, would know what that means.

He spoke with pride with reference to his achievement and the new era... we see, we see.... to be honest, rather defiant and a little cynical.

[Alonso14]

My biggest hope is that MA has hanged around Ferrari for quite a lot of time now and has seen how the team was working when it was successful. Hopefully he has a clear vision what should be done to bring us back to the winning ways.

[kinkas]

tombazis will be next. almost sure for italian tv. Should be fired tomorrow.
Marchionne saw the data and the project of the new car and this are the results..

Tombazis is long overdue a boot on the back. He might be a good designer, but definitely will never be a great one. Time for other guys to fill the boot.

[scuderia_nano]

Cancer man has too many friends in the fia.

He held a position there.

[eddie]

http://www.gds.it/fileadmin/MULTIMED...Arrivabene.jpg

He certainly hangs with the right crowd. Can you name all of the people in the front row?

Great picture. Very political front line

In each of their mind, there is an agenda....

[Ed Harley]

Cancer man has too many friends in the fia.

He held a position there.

He is Mr Arrivabene to you.

[Paulpg87]

Tombazis is long overdue a boot on the back. He might be a good designer, but definitely will never be a great one. Time for other guys to fill the boot.

agree, he should have been fired times ago. will see, unfortunately we have so many problems that will take years to get back to the top where we belong to.

[Hornet]

From crash.net
The European brand manager for Philip Morris, Arrivabene is a man with a wealth of paddock experience and an F1 contacts book to rival Bernie's. He also has a reputation for making Ecclestone and Jean Todt look like -cats, a results-driven hardline manager up to the task of returning the Scuderia to their winning ways.

The cherry on the cake? Arrivabene is well-respected in Turin, and has an excellent working relationship with the Agnelli family, two things that will afford him a certain level of protection from the meddling from above which has proved so toxic to Maranello in recent years.

What experience though I wonder. As far as I know, Philip Morris are not in any way technically involved in auto racing.

That said, I highly doubt SM is going to put someone who will resist his meddling in the racing division. I mean, why put someone who will go against you.

[SinanOzerS]

FIAT will be understand in one day that the problems is not the team principals or the chairmans. It's much deeper than those.

[Paulpg87]

What experience though I wonder. As far as I know, Philip Morris are not in any way technically involved in auto racing.

That said, I highly doubt SM is going to put someone who will resist his meddling in the racing division. I mean, why put someone who will go against you.

cause Marchionne knows that we don't need tech capabilities as tech recovery is impossible, in this moment you need just people lobbying FIA and make rules change happen.

[Nero Horse]

I really, really miss Luca. Now everybody will see that he was the right man to lead Ferrari. I don't trust Marchionne, thus far he has only caused even more confusion and chaos in Ferrari.